John smirked, sat up and stroked Jolene’s head, "Eric, my friend, you came right on time. I wanted you to be the first person to know that this beauty is mine, now."
John gripped her jaw and turned her to Eric, he leaned towards Jolene’s ears and whispered, "say hi to your ex, slave."
Jolene blushed and bit her lips, "h-hi Eric."
Eric clenched his fists and glared daggers at John, he was so blinded by rage and despair that he couldn’t even see Lydia standing behind him, she watched everything with a frown, her eyes were sad and a deep sense of longing welled up inside her, she glanced at John and their gazes met, John grinned and winked at her.
Eric stormed out of the room with tears in his eyes and Lydia hesitantly followed after him, John chuckled and his gaze travelled down Jolene’s naked body, she was still his to do as he pleases.
John cupped Jolene’s cheeks and looked into her hazy eyes, "pack your things. You’ll be sleeping in my room from now on."
Jolene bit her lips but nodded, John smiled and planted a kiss on her forehead, "good girl."
[Hidden Quest Complete]
[10 Agility Obtained]
John sat down in his bed and observed the notification with a smirk, this is all thanks to Jolene.
He stretched his limbs and brought up his status.
[John Sarack]
[Age: 21]
[Strength: 28.4]
[Vitality: 17.1]
[Agility: 28]
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[Energy: 23.3]
[Skills: Quiet Steps (C), Critical Hit (F), Shockwave (D), Love Meter, Appraisal (B), Shadow Claw (D), Haze Veil (C), Dagger Aura (B)]
[Skill Borrowing: Muscle Strengthening (D), Strength Buff (D), Berserker’s Rage (C)]
John’s jaw dropped when he noticed his agility rising from 18 to 28, 10 points was a considerable increase and John smirked, he felt an indescribable amount of gratitude for Jolene, Eric had no idea what an amazing woman he lost, but the biggest surprise was the Skill he gained by making Jolene his woman.
Berserker’s Rage? This did not sound like Jolene at all. She was a submissive woman, a bit of a masochist, too. Considering her skills as a nurse, he had expected to obtain a healing skill or something similar, not a skill that turned him into a berserker.
John sighed and scratched his head, well, he obtained some useful skills for completing the hidden quest, he would worry about the specifics later, he needed to prepare for Theodore’s arrival.
John’s gaze turned grim as he thought about Theodore.
"John," Echo’s voice rang in John’s head and startled him, "Echo?"
"A System Shop has just spawned near the base."
John’s eyebrows creased, "where?"
"Just 500 metres away, northwest from the base."
"Did anything else spawn?" John asked as he walked out of his bedroom, Jolene was packing her things, so he decided not to disturb her, she glanced at him and John nodded, she smiled and continued her work.
"A few goblins spawned in the vicinity, and the System Shop is protected by a barrier for the first hour."
John raised an eyebrow, "will there be any other threats near the System Shop?"
"Yes. I don’t know the specifics, but the System Shop will have a guardian."
John frowned, "alright, let’s check this shit out."
A couple of minutes later, John stepped out of the base alone. He could’ve taken someone with him, but he needed to grow stronger and he needed to test his newfound strength. If he could not stop Theodore, the base was doomed.
John clenched his fists as Theodore flashed through his mind, his fists tightened, and he gritted his teeth, he swore, one way or another, Theodore would fall at his hands.
John’s leg dropped violently and kickstarted his off-road bike, the engine growled as he drove out of the base through a small gate in the north wall, John frowned as he felt the presence of monsters to his left, he glanced sideways and noticed a group of 10 goblins charging towards him.
"Fuck." John muttered as a horde of undead monsters came from behind the goblins, John smirked and accelerated, his off-road bike burst forward and left a trail of dust behind him.
"Damn it, those goblins are persistent, aren’t they?" John chuckled and turned right, avoiding the undead and the goblins, his gaze travelled towards the System Shop 500 metres away.
Two gigantic gates, each 15 metres tall, were protected by a translucent, orange barrier. John stopped his bike about 100 metres away and summoned Venomlash, an Aura spread on its blade and it glowed black with blue electricity crackling on it.
John sheathed the Venomlash and it disappeared, he approached the barrier with caution and eyed it up and down. The orange barrier seemed to be magical and was protecting the gates from intruders.
The ground beneath him trembled and John’s expression hardened, "here comes the guardian."
He unsheathed his dagger, wrapped it with Aura and backed away as the trembling increased, the ground cracked open and a giant hand burst out, followed by an inhuman scream. John frowned and clenched his fists, an earth-shattering roar thundered around him and the creature emerged.
The creature was humanoid but around 5 metres tall. Its skin was a dark red and glowing red lines spread through the contours of its bulging muscles. Its hair was made of flames and its eyes were glowing red. It was naked except for a loincloth made of burnt flesh.
John appraised it and frowned.
[Gigasfire]
[Strength: 59]
[Vitality: 55]
[Agility: 50]
[Energy: 50]
John’s jaw clenched as he looked at the stats. The monster was on par with the Therianthrope, a monster he had already fought, but this time he was alone.
John’s Venomlash crackled with electricity as he approached the Gigasfire, the monster’s gaze landed on John and it charged towards him with its muscular arms raised high.
"Bring it on, motherfucker." John charged towards the monster, a blue-ish yellow Aura surrounded his body and he vanished. The guardian’s expression soured as he noticed his target disappearing, but the human’s shadow travelled behind it at high speed and slashed its back with the Venomlash.
John jumped away and frowned. His attack had landed, leaving a deep gash on the creature, but it only took seconds for it to heal and John clenched his jaw, ’it has healing capabilities, fuck.’